Big picture India are on the cusp of their second successive ODI series sweep against West Indies. This is a team without Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah, to name just a few. Mohammed Siraj’s economical outings coupled with Shardul Thakur’s knack of picking up wickets have ensured India haven’t missed Bumrah
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Marizanne Kapp, South Africa’s in-form allrounder, has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games after cutting short her participation in the tour of England for family reasons. At the time, Cricket South Africa said her availability for the Games, starting in Birmingham later this week, was yet to be confirmed and, as expected, head coach
England 176 for 6 (Ecclestone 33*, Wyatt 30, Mlaba 3-22) beat South Africa 138 for 6 (Brits 59, Kemp 2-18, Ecclestone 2-24) by 38 runs A half-century to Tazmin Brits was no match for a stellar effort with bat and ball from Sophie Ecclestone and another successful youth policy roll-out as England won the final
Cricket Scotland is to be placed into special measures at least until October 2023, and could stand to lose public funding worth £460,000 a year from Sportscotland, following the publication of a damning report into institutional racism within the sport. A total of 448 examples of institutional racism were revealed in the Changing the Boundaries
The eight players will integrate with local Indian players for training sessions, one one-day match, and a two-day game. Former Sri Lanka batter Thilan Samaraweera will coach the group after being part of the coaching staff for the Australia A team in Sri Lanka. Former Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath will also be there as
Jos Buttler, England’s captain, says that a lack of training time amid a tight schedule has hindered the progression of the white-ball team, after the final ODI of the summer, against South Africa, was abandoned. Only 27.4 overs of play were possible on Sunday at Headingley as rain washed out the rest of the day,
Bangladesh’s new T20I captain Nurul Hasan wants his side to play “fearless cricket” in Zimbabwe in the three-match series next week. In his first press conference as captain, Nurul offered a glimpse into his thinking as he fended off tough questions about a struggling team and his own performance in the format. BCB named Nurul
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in Galle, on a pitch expected to be good for batting on the first two days. However, teams batting first have lost the last three matches at this venue. Middle-order batter Fawad Alam and
South East Stars 283 for 8 (Brewer 61, Southby 54, Davidson-Richards 50, Skelton 5-54) beat Western Storm 247 (Luff 95, Davidson-Richards 4-33) by 36 runs Alice Davidson-Richards produced a brilliant all-round performance to inspire South East Stars to a 36-run victory over Western Storm in an entertaining Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy encounter at Cheltenham. Davidson-Richards
Sri Lanka would have felt they were on track for victory at the end of day three of the first Test, until Abdullah Shafique and Co swept the win from under them in the last two days. But even Sri Lanka reflected that theirs was a far-from-complete performance. If you bat first in Galle, you